DECEMBER 16 2018
Third Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 61:1-11 & 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 — We can delight greatly in the Lord, and our souls can rejoice in our God. We can rejoice and keep rejoicing.
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Second Sunday of Advent-Peace: Isaiah 11:1-10 & Romans 15:1-13 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). We are called to be peacemakers. Peace is possible because the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, came and made peace possible.
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First Sunday of Advent-Hope: Isaiah 1-2 — God is real! Jesus is real! He came, and he is coming back! Really, he is! So we must keep watching! Keep hoping! So that we are ready to stand before him when he comes.
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God’s people are a people who are sent and are sending. We learned last week that God sends us into the world as agents of his salvation. And God sends us into the world as messengers of his Word. It became clear that our God is a sending God. This morning we will explore this more by looking at how this sending is the work of the Holy Trinity. Then we will look at how and for what Jesus sends us into the world. Lastly, we see how we are to send others.
Read MoreNOVEMBER 18 2018
In our last sermons we learned that God’s people are a people who bear witness to the only true living God. And we are a people who proclaim the gospel of Christ. Today, and next week, we will see that God’s people are a people who are sent and who send. Sent and send to witness and proclaim.
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Jesus is God reigning. Jesus is God returning. Jesus is God redeeming. In Jesus God’s kingdom has come into the world, into human history. God’s kingdom is here! We must proclaim that our God reigns. We must proclaim that Jesus is Lord and Savior!
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God’s people are a people who proclaim the gospel of Christ. The gospel is good news. But what is this good news? The word gospel “is one of those words that is so basic, so fundamental to [the Christian faith] that it can be taken for granted” – Dickson
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Last week we learned that God’s people bear witness to the living God. God called Israel, and told them, “You are my witnesses!” God tells us today, “You are my witnesses!” “You are my servant!” God calls us to be witnessing servants. But how can this be? How can a disobedient, sinful people be God’s witnesses and servants? Only God can do this! Only God’s miraculous love, grace, and saving power can change blind, deaf, and lying people into witnessing servants.
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